The few weeks have been quiet ones, with little of consequence to report. I’ve started putting my teaching certification back to use as an SAT tutor, which provides a bit of income for the months ahead. My second go at the GRE exam didn’t raise my math score by as much as I wanted. Part of that was forgetting that I had no access to a calculator and struggling to gain my stride after that. I’m progressing with the scores I have for my Spring applications, but plan to retake once more for Fall applications should Spring not work out.
My application for American is in the hands of its amazing faculty, and I hope for a decision by the end of October. I’m currently working on my application for Rutgers, with City College of NY and NYU’s applications to follow. It will be a busy month.
On the class front, things are proceeding, although I have had to change my plans slightly. Rather than start my microeconomics class at MCC this past Wednesday, I will now take a more condensed class starting on the 22nd following some prolonged car trouble. (Apparently finding instrument panels for 1995 Fords isn’t the easiest thing to do.) The car comes home today, so that will solve the personal mobility problem.
Hopefully by the end of October or first week of November I have decisions from most schools (Rutgers, CCNY, and NYU all use rolling admissions; AU does not) and can decide where I would like to be in January. I’ll keep you all updated as there is more news to report. For now I have some Foreign Affairs articles to summarize and some notes on Inflation and the Phillips curve to take.
Lazy
I’ve been a complete lazy bum today, other than going food shopping. Well, I guess it wasn’t lazy. Took another look at all my fiances today, which took most of the day. In other news…
I want. I want so badly. A tapeless HD camera for less than a grand? You must be kidding me. If Issues is going to ComicCon, Eric and I will acquire this camera. Far too much hilarity would ensue to ever allow us to leave the camera at home.
I’m ready for a snow storm. I only wish it was happening on Saturday instead of Friday so that Mike and I could have our snowball fight to the death like we’ve been talking about. As it is, I’m debating trying to head out the mall early tomorrow morning to do a little bit of Christmas shopping. We’ll see. I do like sleeping in on my days off.
Apple Club!
Well, my training has started. I’ve met a lot of really awesome people so far, including my store managers. It’s a very positive, encouraging atmosphere, just like in the store. And, umm, that’s all I can really say about it. That we’re getting along well. And that being a teacher definitely makes me one of the people in the room most comfortable with speaking in front of all those other people.
Eric jokes around that it’s like I work for the CIA now, with there being parts of my job I can’t talk about. I can say that my availability is in the process of being finalized, and that Sundays should be clear for Issues. As fun as I’m sure production will be on the show, I’m hoping that we’re wrapped in January, in case I not only get into The New School, but end up needing a Saturday class. That way I can exchange Sunday for Saturday morning/night.
Jumping back into work after having the whole summer off is kind of exhausting. While you’re at work everything is new and exciting, but when you get home that crash hits you pretty hard. But you know what’s nice? Now, when I’m ready to crash, I can just go to bed. No lesson plans to tweak, no papers to grade, no parents to call. There’s actually a balance between work and life. I appreciate it now, and I’m sure I’ll appreciate it even more once things really kick into gear.
I’m excited for everything to really start. It’s nice to have a sort of schedule to the next few weeks, even if it’s a somewhat odd schedule based on what I’m used to. Thankfully the days Eric and I have done errands are still fine for now. And if we have to start food shopping on Monday or Thursday instead of Wednesday, fine by me. So long as I don’t walk into Wegmans on a Sunday. What a nightmare.
Oh, and how is this for torture? The end unit townhouse across the street is for sale. I’ve been kind of itching to buy a place for a while because I want to be able to paint, and hang stuff on the walls without worrying about violating a rental agreement. But with two part-time jobs being the source of our income right now, not happening. Plus, you know, we’re still not engaged or in any kind of “officially serious” relationship that would make buying a house realistic.
Oh! I got my email yesterday to configure my Smart Car! I’m trying to decide what to do. I currently have only a part-time job. I really want to make it full-time, but I’m not sure when that will happen. So it’s not like I have a lot of money. But the car is about $13,500. Pretty cheap for a car with way more features than even my Cavalier had. The car probably wouldn’t be ready for 3 to 6 months. And I don’t have to buy it. I can still opt out at any time before the dealer and I sign the sales agreement. That usually happens when the car is a month away. And Smarts are in demand enough that if I opt out, someone else will surely buy it. But I’m not sure when I’ll start brining in enough money to afford a car payment, even a relatively small one of $11,000 or so. (I’d want to put at least $2,000 as a down payment.) So I’m kind of back and forth about it. I’ll try to decide by the end of the weekend. But how cool would it be to drive a Smart Car?
